When Do Electric-Car Tax Credits Expire? (UPDATED)

John Voelcker 12,980 views Jan 13, 2016 Follow John Add to circle 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid - production model Enlarge Photo By now, pretty much anyone who's thinking of buying a plug-in electric car knows the Federal government offers an income-tax credit to help reduce the effective cost. But are shoppers who wait too long in danger of losing out on these credits? The short answer is no. Or at least, not if they buy within the next two or three years. UPDATE : We first published this article in July 2013. With five years of electric-car sales now complete, we have updated it to reflect aggregate sales and the number of credits remaining for the highest-volume manufacturers. For some of the data in this update, we tip our hat to author Bill Lobner, who has published a number of analyses of the electric-car market on the investor site SeekingAlpha. Unlike a purchase...